Climate averages 1991–2020
Lichinga weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Lichinga: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mandimba (124 km away). In April its highs average 26.2°C, 3.1°C warmer than Lichinga, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Lichinga ranks 22nd of 22 for the warmest April highs and joint 10th of 22 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 22 cities is 27.6°C; Lichinga is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 8.9 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Lichinga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 309 | 29.0 | 12.813 h |
| February | 23.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 241 | 24.8 | 12.513 h |
| March | 23.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 174 | 23.7 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 23.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 44 | 10.5 | 11.812 h |
| May | 22.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 8.9 | 2.3 | 11.512 h |
| June | 21.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 11.411 h |
| July | 20.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 11.411 h |
| August | 22.9°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| September | 25.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 2.9 | 0.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 21 | 4.5 | 12.412 h |
| November | 27.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 79 | 11.8 | 12.713 h |
| December | 24.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 236 | 24.5 | 12.913 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Mandimba in AprilMozambique · 124 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Lilongwe in AprilMalawi · 173 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Cuamba in AprilMozambique · 217 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Zomba in AprilMalawi · 231 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Mzuzu in AprilMalawi · 244 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 140 mm rain
- Blantyre in AprilMalawi · 276 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Chipata in AprilZambia · 282 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Songea in AprilTanzania · 296 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 129 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lichinga) is explained once on the Lichinga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.